A predominantly HIV type 1 subtype C-restricted epidemic in South African urban populations

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-398

  Van Harmelen, J H ^a   Van Der Ryst, E ^b   Loubser, A S ^a   York, D ^c   Madurai, S ^c   Lyons, S ^d   Wood, R ^a   Williamson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033045487     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299311376     Document Type: Article

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